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We Received a Vital Worship Grant!. Our Purpose Statement.
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Our Purpose Statement Because we see our congregation hungry to be led more deeply into spiritual practices and “hands- on” worship, we hope to implement a project that explores the history, theology and practice of multi-sensory worship, in order to promote active participation and co-creative responses to the preaching of the gospel. This plan will be acted out through the facilitation of a number of “worship labs” throughout the year that employ interactive elements and worship stations.
Desired Outcomes • Added vibrancy to worship services. • Develop latent creativity within the congregation. • Help to formalize a creative arts team within the church. • Provide creative leadership to other churches in our city, denomination and network. • Strengthen relationships through worshipping together. • Deepen our love for God and expand our ability to express our love in a multitude of forms.
Grant Program Schedule Summer 2014 • Prepare for the worship theology seminar and hold an informational meeting. • Invite the congregation to join the creative worship team responsible for producing worship labs. • Develop a worship survey gauging the congregation’s impression of interactive worship. • Attend the first Vital Worship Grant Colloquium at Calvin College. • Build and launch the FBC “interactive worship” blog. Fall 2014 • Plan and produce the first worship lab, as well as ask for feedback from attendees. • Present initial findings to the church leadership team. Winter 2014 • Conduct the second worship lab, including a post-lab meal and feedback session for participants. • Include worship lab elements in Advent and Christmas services. • Draft a “Handbook for Interactive Worship.” Spring 2014 • Conduct the third and fourth worship lab, including interactive elements in Lenten and Easter services. Summer 2015 • Complete the “Handbook for Interactive Worship.” • Conduct a final worship survey gauging the congregation’s impression of interactive worship. • Attend the second Vital Worship Grant Colloquium at Calvin College and present final findings.
What does this mean for you? • If you attend here on Sunday mornings, there will be new elements periodically added to the service. We will try to lead and explain these practices so they encourage spirit-filled, scripture-based worship and not be a distraction. • There is an opportunity for you to study the theology of worship through a year-long seminar taught by Mike Phay. If you think you might be interested, please join us tonight at 6pm for an informational meeting. • There will be the opportunity to join in developing interactive expressions of worship, as we produce a series of “worship labs” throughout the year. • You will be invited to attend the worship labs and participate in interactive worship.The worship labs will be open to the congregation and the community.
Learn More! Come to the Worship Grant and Worship Theology Seminar Informational Meeting • When: Tonight at 6pm in the Fellowship Hall. • What: Come learn more about how you can participate in the Vital Worship Grant Program! • Bonus: There will be appetizers and dessert.